The Malagasy War Officer in Gaol
General Wiloughby, British agent at Madagascar, is in gold there for embezzling £12,000 of Government money…
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Courts & crime, 1887
522 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 26 of 27
Dodging the Police
Mr. Jasper Pyne, member of Parliament for Waterford, who was summoned to appear before the local police court to answer a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, December 15. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.m.) Inebriety
ONE man was fined 5s, with the usual alternative. DRUNKENNESS AND THEFT. W. Wilson was charged with being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wallsend Police Court. (Before the P.M., R. I. Perrott, Esq.)
JOHN BRIGGS, a resident of Flaggy Creek, Wallsend, was charged with attempting to discharge a loaded gun at Mr. Edward James Howard, on the 15th inst…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, December 16, 1887. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., G. C. Martin, W. H. Shaw, and J. Thorn, J's.P.) ASSAULT
CHATHERINE SOANLAN, a married woman, was charged with assaulting one John Parsons at Newcastle on the 15th inst. Constable Fenton arrested the accused, who pleaded guilty. A…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, December 17. (Before the Police Magistrate.) of Supposed Unsound Mind
THOMAS S. Graham, a labourer, was before the conrt as a person deemed to be insane. Constable Sells stated that from…
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THE above heading is ours, but the following is a record of the doings of the aristocratic contingent in the metropolis. It only wants a line or two to the effect that "her…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, December 19. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and D. Ludlow, J.p.) Drunkenness
Half-a-dozen drunkards were fined for indulging in alcohol to an excess. PROTECTION. James Thompson, a labourer, was before…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, December 20, 1887. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and W. H. Shaw and G. W. Webb, J's.P.) DRUNKENNESS
Two inebriates were fined for alcoholic excess. REMANDED TO SYDNEY. Frank Lennard, on remand, was…
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YESTERDAY'S Herald states: What appears to have been an extraordinary verdict was given yesterday evening at the Quarter Sessions. On the 30th November last three…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, Dec. 21. (Before Mr. Mair, P.m.) Drunkenness
Two individuals were ordered to " ante up" the usual sum. PROTECTION. Henry Forguson handed himslef over to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, December 22, 1887. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and A. Shedden, J.p.) Indecent Language
Henry Foster, a seaman, was charged with using indecent language in Hunter-street at 11 o'clock the previous night. Fined £2, or…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Latest Cable Messages. Mr. Sheehy Sentenced to Another Month's Imprisonment. The Marquis of Hartington Goes to Italy. War in Europe Imminent. The European Press is Confident that the Advance of Russian Troops on the Gallician Frontier must Eventuate in War. LONDON
DAVID SHEEHY, member of Parliament for Galway, who was recently sentenced to three months' imprisonment for attending a midnight…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, December 23Rd, 1887. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and J. Thorn, J.p.) Drunkenness
ONE inebriate was fined for alcoholic excess. ALLEGED FORGERY. Alfred Venor, twenty-nine, a clerk was charged with forging a cheque for £3 15s,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Monday, December 26Th. (Before the Police Magistrate.) DRUNKENNESS
Eight inebriates were fined pro forma, but the penalty was remitted, and they obtained their discharges. " D. AND D."…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, December 24Th. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. G. W. Webb, J.p.) Drunkenness
TWO men were fined for putting an "enemy into their mouths." RESISTING THIE POLICE. John Duffy, 21, a seaman, was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, December 27Th. (Before Messrs. W. H. Shaw and G. C. Martin, J's.P.) DRUNKENNESS
ONE inebriate kept up Boxing day too much, and was fined 5s. INDECENCY. John Dempey, a seaman, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, December 28Th. (Before the Police Magistrate.) DRUNKENNESS
FOUR inebriates were fined for alcoholic excess. ALLEGED THREATENING LANGUAGE, James Kirkaldy, 29, a seaman, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, December 29Th, 1887. (Before the Stipendiary.) ALCOHOLISM
Alexander M'Vity, a labourer, was before the court as a person deemed to be insane. "Constable Butler stated that at 1.20…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →District News. Wallsend. Police Court. (Before R. I. Perrott, P.M.)
THE business of the court was occupied for a long time in deciding a number of cases of " drunks " and " obscene language" from Toralba. Several of…
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